Animated-figure scoring game



March 15, 1921. H A. OKEL 1,620,912

ANIMATED FIGURE SCOHIINVG GAME I Filed Sept. 5, 1926 19 =0 0 I 13 4/ u y 15 5 4 ,TjiqlN VENTOR ATTORNEY a construction, combination and arrangement Patent ed Mar. '15, 1927.

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Par oEEI c-n HARRY -KEL, r, WHEELING, wnsrr viaemm v :"ALTIMATIED-FIGURE sco Ine GAME,

Application filed-September}, 1926. Serial Ne. 133,443=l The invention primarily" has'for its object to provide a combined toy and game in. which is provided an acrobatic figure and means for delivering a projectile to contact with the said-figure to cause itzto perform I amusing antics.

The invention to'providea device of the character sta ted in which the projectile is directed by the acrobatic figure while performingits antics int-o association with counting or scoring means I j With the above and other-objects in view that will hereinafter appear, the invention still further resides; in v the: novel details a of ofpar-ts, all'of which will be first fully dewhich is provided with a flat top formed on an in'cline, the saidyincline being directed downwardly rearwardly toward the-rear end 'ot'thesdeviee as is clearly shown in Fi ure 1" ofthe drawing andvfor. a purpose later, toh e described; v

v The inclined top plane 20f the base de liverstoward a plnral-ity of score recording stalls 3-.having value or" score indicating indicia'marked thereon, as indicated in Fig-5 ure 1." a

A cylindrical projectile impellingagiiinh issprovided and is mounted upon the base; rearwardly of the stalls iy in vertical position with its open discharging end; directed upwardly. The gun includes; an impelling plunger 6 between which and a suitable stop mounted in the lower part of the gun is interposed an impelling spring 7 A trigger 8 is'secured to the plunger and projects radially from one edge thereof through the vertical slot- 9 provided in the wall of the gun 5. The upper end of the slot 9 forms a limiting stop 10 and the lower end of the saidslot is turned" horizontally in the manner illustrated to form a keeper shoulder 11. 7

Thus when it is desired to load the gun the operator grasps the trigger andiorces further has. for its object end of the guide 12.

thetrigger downwardly and secures; the same under ,the 'keeper shoulder 11, thus; holding theplunger at its lowermostposi; tion withl a maximumgof energy/stored up-l in the impelling spring .7 When trigger 1s released from the shoulder-by a slight: touchsufficient to rotate the same beyond the lze'epera shoulder into the main slot- 9thes tension. oft-he spring will-be released; and

the plunger forced upwardly, until stopped out of the discharge end otthej gun;

The discharge endoct-the gun delivers into the receiving end. ofang-arcuate projectile or; hallvguidelil the discharge end 13 of? the;

said]guidebeing-directed downwardlyina'. 1

manner illustrated in Figure 1' of the draw,- mg; The, guide 12 issupportedfandseeured engagement of the triggerwiththe;limit; mg stop 10, and; any projectile'loadedfinto the gun above the plunger is forcibly thrown,

in the position described and illustrated by suitable uprights 14. v

toy figure 15 is provided and equ pped with a; pair- 'of forwardly outstretchedarms-16, a bucketjlbasket or other suitable 1)1O]QC13Ll8" receiviing- -rnember 17s charge e-ndot'] the guide 12, thesaid pivot in Figurel of the drawing with the receprtile or ball. discharged. from ,the discharge heing held in the hands,l8ewithgwhichihe i being so positioned that the figure is held 1." intvertical planes inthe manner illustrated e0 'tacle 17in position for receiving the. projec- In operation, a projectile, 2d (preferablya ball aslindieated in dotted lines in Figure 1:).

is,insertedi'into the. gun and, after it has beenic'ocked'by loweringthe plunger and securing the trigger beneath the shoulder 11,- the trigger s released from the keeper shoulder 11 and th'e'projectile impelled'out o'f'the gun into the arcuate guide 12.

i As the projectile leaves the discharge end 13 of the guide it is directed into the receptacle 17 carried in theout-stretched arms of the toy figure and by, its weight and the force of its impact the toy figure is caused to spin upon its pivotal mounting. As the figure makes'its first turn and as the receptacle 17 is travelingupwardly just after passing the lowermost point of its 'travelithe projectile, is thrown out of the said recentaclef onto the inclined top plane 20f the base 1.

Due to the force with which the projectile is thrown out of the receptacle and owing to the incline of the said top plane of the base the projectile is delivered into one or another of the plurality of scoring stalls 3.

In the structure described I not only provide a mechanical toy which affords great amusement by reason of the antics per formed by the acrobatic figure under influence of the projectile being directed into the receptacle carriedby the said figure, but additional amusement is also provided by the scoring Values and the invention thus constitutes not only an amusing toy but also a scoring game.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it is thought that the novel details of construction, the m nner of useand the advantages of my improved. toy game will be readily understood by those familiar with such devices.

hat I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a projectile, an acrobatic figure, .n'ieans for rotatably mounting the figure, an impelling gun, and an upwardly and downwardly arched trackway for guiding the projectile impelled from the gun into contact with the figureto cause it to rotate about a horizontal axis.

2. A device or the class described comprising a projectile, an acrobatic figure, means for rotatably mounting the figure, an impelling gun, an upwardly and downwardly arched trackway for guiding the projectile impelled from the gun into contact with the figure to cause it to rotate about a horizontal axis, and scoring devices "into association with which the projectile is directed by the figure While rotating.

3. A device of the class described comprising a base, uprights on the base, an arcuate guide trackway carried by the uprights and having an entrant end and a delivery end, an acrobatic figure rotatably carried by cer tain of the uprights beneath the delivery end of the guide trackway, a projectile, and an impelling gun for impelling the projectile into and through the guide trackway to cause it to strike the acrobatic figure and impart rotation thereto. t

4. A device of the class described comprising a base, uprights on the base, an arcuate guide trackway carried by the uprights and having an entrant end and a deliverv end, an acrobatic figure rotatably carried by certain of the uprights beneath the delivery end of the guide't-rackway, a projectile, and an impelling gun for impelling the projectile into and through the guide trackway, said acrobatic figure having outstretched arms provided'at their ends with a receptacle into which the projectile is adapted to pass on leaving the delivery end of the guide trackway and by its weight impart rotation to said acrobatic figure, and scoring stalls on said base into which the projectile is adapted to be thrown as the acrobatic figure rotates.

5. A device of the class described comprisinga base, uprights on the base, an arcuate guide trackway carried by the uprights and ha-iving'an entrant end and a. delivery end, an acrobatic figure rotatably carried by certain of the uprights beneath the deliverv end of the guidetrackway, aprojectile, and an impelling gun for impelling the project le into and through the guide trackway, said acrobatic figure having outstretched arms provided atv their ends with a receptacle into which the projectile is adapted to pass on leaving the delivery end of the guide trackway andbv its weight impart rotation to said acrobatic figure, and scoring stalls on said base into which the projectile is adapted to be thrown as the acrobatic figuree rotates, and said base having its top iace inclined downwardly from a point heneat-h the acrobatic figure to the position of said scoring stalls.

6. A device of the class described compris- .ing a projectile, an acrobatic figure, means for rotatably mounting the figure, an impelling gun, and an upwardly anddownwardly arched trackway' for guiding the projectile impelled from the" gun into contact with the figure to cause it to rotate about a horizontal axis, said figure having means to receive the projectile and retain the same during part of its rotation, and scoring stalls into which the projectile is adapted to be directed by the figure for the purposes specified.

- HARRY ALFRED OKEL. 

